Troy University Athletics
2021 Football Roster
Roster
Medina, Luis

Jersey Number 95
Luis Medina
- Position:
- DT
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-1 / 300
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Summerville, Ga.
- High School:
- Chattooga HS
Bio
2024 All-Sun Belt Honorable Mention
2024 (Junior): Named to the All-Sun Belt Team as an honorable mention selection … Played and started 10 games; missed 2.5 games due to an elbow injury midway through the season … Plugged the interior of the defensive line … Recorded 17 tackles and a tackle for loss … Five tackles in the opener against Nevada and four with a TFL in the finale against Southern Miss … Key piece to Troy’s rush defense which ranked third in the Sun Belt, allowing just 143.3 rushing yards per game and led the league, allowing 122.5 rushing yards in league contests ,,, Member of the Troy Football Leadership Council
2023 (RS-Sophomore): Played in all 14 games … Totaled 23 tackles with 2.0 tackles for loss and a sack … Season-best five tackles in Troy’s shutout victory at Army-West Point … Had a sack and a pair of stop at Southern Miss and a tackle for loss at Texas State … Tied his season-high with five tackles at Georgia State … Had three tackles at Kansas State
2022 (Sophomore): Played in three games before suffering a season-ending injury … Finished the season with three tackles, one in each game, and a half tackle for loss against Alabama A&M
2021 (Freshman): Started four games on the interior of the defensive line and played in nine total contests … Finished the season with 28 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks … All his stops behind the line came in the first three games of the season – 1.0 vs. Southern and Southern Miss and 0.5 vs. Liberty … Season-high seven tackles against App State and added six in the win over Southern Miss … Credited with 12 total pressures on 114 pass rush snaps with eight hurries
2020 (Freshman): Played in all 11 games and got the starting nod in the opener … Finished the season with 30 tackles, 1.5 sacks and a forced fumble … Made a huge third-down stop on the 1-yard line against Coastal Carolina in the fourth quarter that led to a turnover on downs … Credited with sacks against Middle Tennessee and South Alabama … Forced a fumble and recorded five tackle at App State … Posted 10 pressures on the season with two hits and six hurries to go along with his 1.5 sacks
High School: Named to the Georgia 7-2A all-district first team following his senior year at Chattooga High School … Finished senior season with 76 tackles, 14 tackles for loss and two sacks over 11 games … As a junior, recorded 110 tackles, eight tackles for loss and seven sacks … Rated as one of the top 110 defensive tackles in the country and as a three-star player by 247Sports … Won the Georgia state championship in wrestling at the 285-pound weight class
Personal: Born Dec. 6, 2001 … Son of Savannah Shockley … Grandparents are Charles and Betty Shockley ... Majoring in psychology
2024 (Junior): Named to the All-Sun Belt Team as an honorable mention selection … Played and started 10 games; missed 2.5 games due to an elbow injury midway through the season … Plugged the interior of the defensive line … Recorded 17 tackles and a tackle for loss … Five tackles in the opener against Nevada and four with a TFL in the finale against Southern Miss … Key piece to Troy’s rush defense which ranked third in the Sun Belt, allowing just 143.3 rushing yards per game and led the league, allowing 122.5 rushing yards in league contests ,,, Member of the Troy Football Leadership Council
2023 (RS-Sophomore): Played in all 14 games … Totaled 23 tackles with 2.0 tackles for loss and a sack … Season-best five tackles in Troy’s shutout victory at Army-West Point … Had a sack and a pair of stop at Southern Miss and a tackle for loss at Texas State … Tied his season-high with five tackles at Georgia State … Had three tackles at Kansas State
2022 (Sophomore): Played in three games before suffering a season-ending injury … Finished the season with three tackles, one in each game, and a half tackle for loss against Alabama A&M
2021 (Freshman): Started four games on the interior of the defensive line and played in nine total contests … Finished the season with 28 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks … All his stops behind the line came in the first three games of the season – 1.0 vs. Southern and Southern Miss and 0.5 vs. Liberty … Season-high seven tackles against App State and added six in the win over Southern Miss … Credited with 12 total pressures on 114 pass rush snaps with eight hurries
2020 (Freshman): Played in all 11 games and got the starting nod in the opener … Finished the season with 30 tackles, 1.5 sacks and a forced fumble … Made a huge third-down stop on the 1-yard line against Coastal Carolina in the fourth quarter that led to a turnover on downs … Credited with sacks against Middle Tennessee and South Alabama … Forced a fumble and recorded five tackle at App State … Posted 10 pressures on the season with two hits and six hurries to go along with his 1.5 sacks
High School: Named to the Georgia 7-2A all-district first team following his senior year at Chattooga High School … Finished senior season with 76 tackles, 14 tackles for loss and two sacks over 11 games … As a junior, recorded 110 tackles, eight tackles for loss and seven sacks … Rated as one of the top 110 defensive tackles in the country and as a three-star player by 247Sports … Won the Georgia state championship in wrestling at the 285-pound weight class
Personal: Born Dec. 6, 2001 … Son of Savannah Shockley … Grandparents are Charles and Betty Shockley ... Majoring in psychology
Behind the Wall - S10, E1
Friday, September 05
PODCAST - Josh Lauer
Thursday, September 04
Football Press Conference (Players) - Clemson Game
Monday, September 01
Gerad Parker Press Conference (Clemson Game)
Monday, September 01